Friday, May 09, 2008

2) If the rationale presented is legitimate, then I have found the first thing I can agree with Dumbya on, in principle. At a time of soaring food costs, farm subsidies make little sense anymore, in general (I'm sure I haven't thought this through enough to be more specific).

3) I can break both the food crisis and the energy crisis in one fell swoop: ban corn syrup additives. If you look at any food label now, chances are in lieu of sugar (which is not produced domestically but in Hawaii and a few other limited locales) you'll find corn syrup. By banning corn syrup, you'd reinforce the Hawaiian economy, plus free up enormous amounts of American corn for food and ethanol.

4) It does appear the deck is stacked against Hillary. That said, she should not and will not give up the fight until Denver.

5) But I suppose I should be nicer to Obama, even if he is a conniving blaggard with a heart of stone. What say you all?

6) He did, however, come well short of endorsing Obama. My suspicion is, if Obama hadn't betrayed a deep hatred of the working class, Edwards would have endorsed him before Tuesday's primary in NC.

"Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things...every one! So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, 'Liberal,' as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won't work, Senator, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor." -- Matt Santos, The West Wing